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hello. Thank all of you who offered advice and comfort. Its been almost 2 weeks since our last “crisis” with Kate. Court got rescheduled, we went and got a public defender and he seems to think since her first criminal offense and she has been to rehab since and been going to meetings regularly and all, that she will qualify for pre trial intervention. That is a program sort of like probation...she’ll have to go get druf tested once a week for 6 - 36 months depending on what the judge says, he’ll order her back once shes completed that program and then she will be found not guilty and if she keeps her nose clean she can have it expunged from her record all together. so its all on her now. I must say shes seems to have had a complete turn around since the last incident...so im praying. we went to a special Mass with her tonight for addicts in recovery...we all cried...i think shes turing a corner.....I pray anyway! so thank you for your help and your support. It means so very much to me! I hope you all have a wonderful holiday weekend! God Bless!

Ree, I hope and pray that the judge recommends the maximum length of time for drug testing. The key we found with my stepdaughter is, the longer she is held accountable for her drug use through testing, the stronger the chances of her not relapsing. We‘re over a year now with her clean. It’s also important now to incorporate healthy coping techniques. Many addicts will use drugs when life gets tough. If she’s equipped to handle the ups and downs that will inevitably come with life, the less chance there will be for her to turn to drugs to numb the difficulty.